He lives in your head rent-free

What a freeloader! He should pay up.

Is it, though?

And yet, if enough people did that, you would start to question your own eyes.

Most companies aren’t peddling a toxic product like cigarettes (or social media).

How is it more harmful?

I’m trying to figure out who would have a problem with Full Metal Jacket.

The same kind of person that would fuck somebody in the ass and not have the goddamn decency to give him a reach-around!

The joke is that computers work this way, and it’s aggravating.

That’s why you give them names starting with 001, 002, etc.

Being anti-brony is a symptom of toxic masculinity. The Internet went after that fandom in a way I haven’t seen since furries.

Yeah, I’m not really into comics that are only funny to people who are terminally online.

So, you have friends who are as stupid as an AI. Got it. What’s your point?

Well, you know what they say: you can’t buy enough penguins to hide your grandma’s house.

How is it not? Showerheads and refrigerators are technology.

How do OS updates work in Linux? Is there a “Linux Update” program like what Windows has?

Package managers. Linux had this before Windows. Granted, Linux needed package managers, because of the myriad and complex dependency trees that software can have. I prefer to install software through a package manager because it not only takes care of dependencies for me, it will take care of updates, too. I will only install something downloaded from a website as an absolute last resort. (And then, of course, making sure it’s a trustworthy source.)

How does digital security work on Linux?

It’s rather complex, but you probably won’t have to deal with it unless you have to do some kind of systems administration. On a day-to-day basis, the OS might ask you to enter your password to install software or make an update, and that’s the extent of it.

Basically, every file has 3 categories of permissions: user, group, and others, and each category has 3 permissions: read, write, and execute. This is transparently handled by the system for you, though, and I can’t even remember the last time I had to change permissions on a file. It’s a good thing to be aware of if you have to do troubleshooting, though.

Is it more vulnerable due to being open source?

Just the opposite. Vulnerabilities get spotted sooner because there’s more eyes on the code, and they’re often patched quicker because anybody can submit a patch to an open-source project.

Is there integrated antivirus software, or will I have to source that myself?

I’ve never heard of any distro shipping with antivirus software, but I’ve also never heard of a Linux virus. Of course, I’m sure they exist, but I’ve just never heard of one. I’ve been using Linux for over two decades, and I’ve never used an antivirus or gotten a virus in all that time, and I’ve never even heard of a Linux user getting a virus. Part of that is due to Linux being more secure and part of that is due to Linux being less popular. If you’re writing a virus, you aren’t going to try to jump through the insane hoops of Linux security when you could target Windows which is A) less secure and B) has a fuckton more users.

Obviously, use common sense, don’t install from untrusted sources, etc. etc., but viruses aren’t the omnipresent threat on Linux like they are on Windows.

The computer is your friend.

It’s sequential art. How is it not?

I wonder what his approval rating will look like when he starts locking up non-brown people.

I’ve never had those issues with KDE. I use Garuda dr460nized and Mokka. Both are based on Arch and use KDE.

I never saw my mother and sister having to prove or defend the point that they are women.

Is anybody saying that they aren’t?

What do you think a trans woman is, if not a woman?